Student, Evacuated From War-Torn Ukraine, Votes In UP: "It's My Right"

Over the past week, more than 16,000 Indian students have been evacuated from Ukraine under 'Operation Ganga'.

Kritika, one of the students who were evacuated from war-hit Ukraine on Saturday, came forward to cast her vote in the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections today.

Kritika, who exercised her franchise at a polling booth in Varanasi, told NDTV that she felt it was her responsibility to cast vote, even though she was yet to overcome the "scary" circumstances she faced in the conflict-ridden country.

The districts where polls are underway in this phase are Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

Kritika said she, along with other stranded students, reached the Poland border from Kharkiv on her own in a bid to flee Ukraine.